Extreme heat and humidity pushed temperatures near the century mark for one more day across interior sections of Italy, Croatia and Turkey. In Croatia, three days of stiffling heat killed 12 people. The Amendola Region in Italy hit 36°C. A strong cold front which injured ten people in Germany and Belgium on Thursday should provide some relief later this weekend.

In Russia President Vladimir Putin called on Russian troops fighting in Chechnya to help the emergency effort Saturday after swirling floods wreaked havoc in the war-torn republic, killing 29 people across the north Caucasus region. The floods were said to be the worst since 1937.